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Ku Hyuk-chae pledges support for young researchers to pursue tech startup dreams
Ku Hyuk-chae (구혁채), first vice minister at South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT, visited Seoul Bio Hub on Tuesday to review on-site support for young entrepreneurs at the Seoul Hongneung research and development special zone. The visit was part of the ministry's Project Empathy 118 programme. Ku toured a tenant startup and held talks with young founders from the GRaND-K Startup School, discussing government support policies and improvements across the startup ecosystem.
Finance
Shinhan Bank to hire about 130 entry-level bankers in second half, scraps self-introduction essays, adds AI interview
Shinhan Bank will recruit about 130 entry-level bankers in the second half of this year, targeting general positions in retail and corporate finance. It will also run a special hiring round for candidates who passed the second stage of the certified public accountant exam. From this recruitment, the bank will scrap self-introduction essays and introduce video interviews. It will also revamp interviews by integrating in-depth, group and AI collaboration interviews.
Finance
KB Financial, BS Group to cooperate on productive finance for renewables, AI data centres
KB Financial Group will work with BS Group to jointly identify projects and expand financial support in future growth areas including renewable energy, energy infrastructure and AI data centres. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding on expanding productive finance and shared growth. They plan to combine expertise in finance and industry to develop business opportunities and build a strategic cooperation framework, and to run working-level consultative bodies by sector to find concrete projects.
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Finance
Bizplay builds electronic receipt system for Catholic Medical Center, integrating 10 institutions
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Crypto
Korbit to rebrand as Digital X from Sept. 16, applying Mirae Asset brand
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Games & Commerce
Court grants Kwon Hyuk-bin divorce, orders in-kind split of 35 percent of Smilegate shares
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Mobility
Virtual joystick for manual control spotted in Tesla Cybercab
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Industry
Boomerang employees rise in U.S. job market after quitting and returning
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AI & Enterprise
MonitorLab holds IASF 2026, steps up push into generative AI security market
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Telecommunications & Media
Apple's first foldable 'iPhone Ultra' launch one day away, roundup of late rumours
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AI & Enterprise
OpenAI aims to expand ChatGPT ads, targeting $1 billion a year
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AI & Enterprise
No company will build superintelligence responsibly; AI could become uncontrollable by late next year, ex-Anthropic researcher warns
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AI & Enterprise
Japan warns of further GPU price hikes, raises panic-buying alert
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Crypto
Bitcoin in retirement savings should not exceed 5 percent, experts recommend
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AI & Enterprise
Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome Atlas predicting effects of 9 billion human genome variants
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AI & Enterprise
Google Chrome to update every two weeks as AI reshapes security landscape
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Crypto
Castle launches service to automatically buy bitcoin with Strategy STRC preferred stock dividends
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Games & Commerce
Korea Post parcels accepted at CU convenience stores with pickup and delivery by postal carriers